​Blog!Strike! News and Gaming Thoughts﻿﻿

Hey, so those of you who backed the kickstarter will know already from my update that my daughter Thalia was born last week! She's doing great, as is the whole family. My other daughters absolutely love taking care of her. Her arrival has meant that I won't be posting any official deadlines, but I can tell you that I've been able to keep working.

As an example of the work that's going on, I just did an editing pass on Kits today, and the file has been updated with the latest here. This has not only a bunch of Mini-Kits with advances for you to take outside of the main kits, but also includes Reputations, which allow you to have greater influence as word of your deeds spreads.

I'm also happy to post up a schedule for mini-expansions here.August: VehiclesSeptember: New Class: The RogueOctober: Urban Fantasy Skin for the sample AdventureAfter that, I'm thinking of putting out a collection of "magic systems" with different feels, as well as working on more new classes: the shieldbearer was a popular pick, so it will probably be next.

I'm also very excited about this Fall's X-COM 2 release, and with that in mind I have started sketching out ideas for UFO Strike! This will be a version of Strike specifically made for fighting aliens. It'll be great for playing in a world like that of X-COM, but it'll also include other fun variations like playing as the aliens. This project is larger than a mini-expansion, and if things go well, you can expect this to be my next major release. First things first, though: I have to get the core book done and out the door before I start putting time into the next thing.

Very eager to see the vehicle rules, as I'm interested in using them for a space opera sci-fi game. New classes are always interesting to me and can't wait to see what you come up with. UFO Strike! sounds awesome.

So ultimately, I love what I've been seeing so far and can't wait to see more. Keep up the good work and congratulations on the child. Hope you don't have too many sleepless nights.

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Jason Z

7/23/2015 05:21:01 am

Any plans for vehicle combat? Ben Hur or Fury Road, that could be a lot of fun.

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Jim McGarva

7/24/2015 09:12:01 am

Definitely having vehicle combat. There's really two kinds: a running battle like Fury Road and a... not-running one. The vehicle rules will talk about both.

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Jim McGarva is married to an awesome (and very patient) wife, and a father to three awesome (and not so patient) young girls. He is a math instructor who loves to play and create games.